Programme

Arrival of participants

13:00

Meeting of the rapporteurs team

14:00

Meeting of the moderators

15:00

Start of registration

17:00 - 18:45

GESCI’s Partners Meeting (parallel event – by invitation only)

08:45 - 09:00

Opening remarks

09:00 - 10:30

Session 1 - Panel of experts: ICT in national education and training policies and strategies - lessons learned

Moderator: Dr. Mpine Makoe, Head of Institute for Open and Distance Learning, University of South Africa

• Côte d’Ivoire’s ICT in Education strategy – Mr. Aboubacar Coulibaly, Director of Technology and Information Systems, Ministry of National Education of Côte d’Ivoire
•  Kenya’s 1-1 initiative – Mr. John Temba, Director of ICT4Education, Ministry of Education of Kenya
•  Niger ICT project: Informing policy and strategy: Cost-sharing – Dr. Erwan Lequentrec, Orange Laboratory for usage economy and sociology
•  PPP for implementing ICT in education policies/strategies – Mr. Moise Kouakou, Business Development Manager, Qelasy
•  The Digital and education in a transformed country: the case of Portugal – Mr. João Pedro Lopes, Corporate Affairs manager, J P Sa Couto
•  NRENS and their central role in Africa’s national ICT in education policies – Ms. Nodumo Dhlamini,
 Director of ICT Services & Knowledge Management,
Association of African Universities (AAU)
•  Train my generation - Gabon 5000 – Mr. Laurent Ndaywel Mbosele, Project Manager, UNESCO

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30

Session 2 - Panel of experts: Empowering marginalized populations through ICT - driven education initiatives

Moderator: Dr. Hamadou Saliah-Hassane, Professor, TELUQ

•  AUC’s Education+Africa Initiative – Mr. François Baudry, CEO, People TV
•  An enabling environment for the use of accessible technology to ensure Inclusive education and access to information in Uganda – Mr. Jacob du Toit, Adviser for Communication & Information, UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa
•  ICT Integration in Senegal’s National Institute of Blind Youth – Ms. Ngossé Fall, Lower and upper secondary education inspector, Ministry of National Education, Senegal
•  Education Support Project by using Solar Powered Internet School – Mr. Min Kim, Sr. researcher, Center for Policy Research and Global Cooperation, KERIS, Republic of Korea
•  ICT for literacy of marginalized groups – Mr. Gabriel Cohn Bendit, Vice-president, REPTA
• Use of ICT for literacy & numeracy in conflict areas – Ms. Sana Ghenima, CEO, SANABIL MED
•  Empowering marginalized groups through ICT: the Case of Senegal – Dr. Toumani Doumbouya, Coordinator CRE, Senegal
• The Global Book Fund and the incorporation of technologies – Mr. Anthony Bloome, Sr. edcuation technology speciait, USAID

12:30 - 13:45

Lunch break

14:00 - 14:05

Welcoming Remarks

14:05 - 14:30

Official opening of the forum by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire

14:30 - 14:35

Signature of MoU between the Ministry of National Education of Côte d’Ivoire and GESCI

14:35 - 15:05

Keynote speech

15:05 - 15:20

 The power of ICT to transform education in Africa and achieve the SDGs – Mr Thierry N’Doufou, CEO Qelasy

15:20 - 15:35

Transforming Today to Achieve More Tomorrow – Mr. Warren La Fleur, Education Lead for West, East & Central Africa, Microsoft

15:35 - 16:00

Coffee break and Visit of the Innovation and Partnership Fair​

16:00 - 16:30

Co-organizers’ opening panel: ICT in education and training – key emerging issues

Moderator: Ms. Oley Dibba-Wadda - Executive Secretary, ADEA

• Mr. Jerome Morrissey - CEO, GESCI
• Mr. John Galvin - Vice President of the Sales & Marketing Group and General Manager of Intel Education, Intel
• Dr. David Atchoarena - Director of Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems, UNESCO
• Dr. Sunita Pitamber - Director OSHD, African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
• Mr. Simon Ouattara - General Manager, Microsoft West and Central Africa

16:30 - 18:00

Session 3 - Ministerial round table: ICT and Technical and Vocational Skills Development (TVSD) for youth employment and entrepreneurship: Promising models

Moderator: Ms. Satu JÄRVINEN - Director of Education, KOULU

• Hon. Prof. Daouada Mamadou Marthe, Minister of Primary Education, Literacy, Promotion of National Languages and Civic Education, Niger
• Hon. Prof. Mary Teuw Niane, Minister of Higher Education and Research - Senegal
• Hon. Prof. Abdoulaye Yero Baldé, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research - Guinea
• Hon. Prof. Narciso Damásio dos Santos Benedito, Secretary of State for Education, Angola
• Jerome Morrissey - CEO, GESCI
• Mr. David Maccaron - EMEA Education Director, Intel

19:00

Dinner offered by the Hon. Minister of National Education of Côte d’Ivoire in honour of forum participants

09:00 - 10:30

Session 4 - Panel of experts: ICT applications in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching/learning

Moderator: Dr. Alexa Joyce – World Wide Public Sector-Education Business Development Director, Microsoft

•  The African Digital School Initiative: STEM, ICT and the teaching profession – Ms. Mary Hooker, Sr. Education Specialist, GESCI
•  ICT and Open and Distance Learning (ODL) for STEM teacher development in Africa – Dr. Temechegn Engida, Programme Specialist, UNESCO-IICBA
•  ICT applications and secondary STEM education in Mauritius – Mr. Ricaud Auckbur, Director of Tertiary & E-Education, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research, Mauritius
•  ICT and girls in STEM education – Ms. Martha Muhwezi, Sr. Programme Coordinating Officer, FAWE
•  ICT and STEM in Morocco’s secondary education – Mr. Aziz El Hajir, Ministry of Education of Morocco
•  Increasing Access to STEM Resources: The Experience of the African Virtual University – Dr. Bakary Diallo, President, African Virtual University
• Technology education in Côte d’Ivoire : Dr. Koné Tiemoman, Director of Science and Technology Information, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Côte d’Ivoire

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30

Session 5 - Ministerial round table: ICT integration in education, distributed leadership and policy coherence

Moderator: Dr. Patti Swarts, Director of Programmes, GESCI

• Hon. Mr. Bruno Nabagné Koné, Minister of Digital Economy and the Post, Côte d’Ivoire
• Hon. Mr Paul Koffi Koffi, Minister of Technical Education and Vocational Training, Côte d’Ivoire
• Hon. Mr. Jean Martin Coulibaly, Minister of National Education and Literacy, Burkina Faso
•  ICT Integration in Education, distributed leadership and Policy Coherence; A Case of Zambia – Dr. Michael Chilala, CEO, Examinations Council of Zambia
•  UNESCO’s Work in ICT in Education Policy – Dr. Fengchun Miao, Head of ICT in Education, UNESCO
• Dr. Alexa Joyce, World Wide Public Sector-Education Business Development Director, Microsoft
• Mr. Thierry N’Doufou, CEO of Qelasy

12:30 - 12:35

 Launch of the African Leadership Network for Sustainable Development

12:35 - 14:00

Lunch break and ADEA’s Triennale 2017 partners meeting (parallel event - by invitation only)

14:00 - 15:30

Session 6 - Ministerial round table: ICT and education in crisis and conflict zones and regions

Moderator: Mr. Mohamed Touré, Resident Representative, UNHCR Abidjan

• Hon. Ms. Nialé KABA, Minister of Planning and Development, Côte d’Ivoire
• Hon. Prof. Ramata Ly-Bakayoko, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Côte d’Ivoire
• H.E.Mr. Mallam Adamu ADAMU, Minister of Education, Nigeria
• Hon. Dr. Saku Dukuly, Assistant Minister for Science, Technology, Vocational and Special Education, Liberia
• Hon. Ms. Ester Anna-Liisa Shiwoomwenyo Nghipondoka, Deputy Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, Namibia
•  Le numérique éducatif dans les pays en situation de « crises » – Dr. Mona Laroussi - Executive Director, IFIC-AUF

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 - 17:30

Session 7 - Ministerial round table: Inclusive knowledge societies and the role of Education and ICT

Moderator: Dr. Sajitha Bashir, Education Sector Manager for Eastern and Southern Africa region, World Bank Group

• Hon. Ms. Kandia Kamissoko Camara, Minister of National Education, Côte d’Ivoire
• Hon. Mr Sidi Tiémoko Touré, Minister of Youth Promotion, Youth Employment and Civic Service, Côte d’Ivoire
•  Sociétés du savoir inclusives et rôle de l’éducation et des TIC L’Université virtuelle du Sénégal – Hon. Prof. Mary Teuw Niane, Minister of Higher Education and Research, Senegal
• Mr. Lacina Koné, Advisor in Charge of ICT to the President of the Republic
• Ms. Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta, Director of Regional Office for Education in Africa, UNESCO
• Mr. Warren La Fleur, Regional Manager Education Industry Sub Saharan Africa, Microsoft
• Mr. Mamadou Ndoye, former Minister of Education of Senegal and Triennale General Coordinator
•  4E's of Sustainable@EDU – Dr. Mario Franco, Chairperson - Millennium@EDU Foundation

17:30 - 17:45

General rapporteurs brief

17:45

Signature of MoU between FAWE and GESCI

17:50

Official closing speech

18:00

Press conference